Loan Think

How to value a residential loan officer in 2013? Answer: their relationships with Realtors and home builders.

Both are great on generalities, but low on specifics.

Mortgage bankers are worried that the GSEs might be ushering in a ‘score card’ rating on all their customers tied to net worth, loan quality and more.

A Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposal would provide larger institutions with an incentive for loan officers that smaller community lenders could never match.

Was Berkshire Hathaway faking an interest in Residential Capital Corporation?

Some helpful hints if the taxman comes knocking on your door.

Much that has been written on vendor selection focuses on intangible principles associated with risk reduction, with much less practical guidance available on "best practices" for identifying and selecting vendors.

Who's on the Fannie/Freddie 'High Risk' watch list? Well, we can guess who isn't on it.

Increased volumes have pressed many people and their loan production platforms to a breaking point.

An appraisal requirement proposed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could be tough to implement without the right cost-effective automation.